Where does the buck stop?
The stark link between big business and human trafficking was hard to ignore this week in the Guardian report of ‘trafficked and beaten’ workers collecting chickens for Freedom foods. In a joint...
View ArticlePeople and Profits: What’s the Bottom Line?
With around 140 years of trading under it’s belt, investment firm Goldman Sachs has courted it’s share of controversy over the years. In one particularly memorable stunt, filmmaker Michael Moore went...
View ArticleThe Business of Trafficking: Risks and Rewards
It’s an old cliché for businesses to talk about people being “our greatest assets”. Many a Human Resources department will wax lyrical on this point, to win the best recruits and, in turn, the highest...
View ArticleTurn up the volume but cut down the noise
Last week the global Stop the Traffik and Finance against Trafficking teams met in Rio, congregating in a convent at the top of the hill in the St Theresa district. We came from all over the globe,...
View ArticleCHAINCHECKER: THE FIRST STEP TO TACKLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
Human trafficking is not a straightforward challenge for a business, regardless of its size. Businesses are often unaware of the unethical and sometimes criminal behaviour of others in their supply...
View ArticleFive words? What’s the fuss?
Those of you that have been keeping up with our Modern Slavery Bill campaign will know that we’re adamant that the bill is short by just five words. The five words in question are “(including in its...
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